Official Languages committee  We are working closely with Canadian Heritage, which is facilitating discussions with different departments. During the process, we have discovered that each department is more or less responsible for the properties that belong to it. Some properties belong to the Department of N

Official Languages committee  The programs have been designed and will be submitted to the Post-secondary Education Quality Assessment Board for approval. It takes that organization about a year to come to a decision about the quality of programs. Then the provincial government will have to decide on the fund

Official Languages committee  First of all, thank you for inviting me again to appear before your committee. I had anticipated that my presentation would be short. As we only have half an hour, I would like to leave more time for members of the committee to ask questions. I will try to shorten my presentatio

Official Languages committee  I hope that Santa Claus will be very generous. Thank you.

Official Languages committee  Yes, it will be our first.

Official Languages committee  Thank you.

Official Languages committee  Until now, we haven't been able to meet with Minister Mulroney or Minister Fullerton. However, this hasn't prevented us from having conversations with their team, sending them documents and proposing solutions. These solutions include fundraising, a “carrefour francophone”, publi

Official Languages committee  We received a call before this whole situation occurred, to warn us that more conditions would need to be met before the board is recognized and that more time would be needed to think about the project. This wasn't surprising, since the government had just taken office. In July,

Official Languages committee  Perhaps I did not express myself well with regard to that association. I was talking about the fact that we want to create a network of affiliated, federated universities in Ontario. At this time, we are receiving offers from everywhere. We are receiving some from Quebec univers

Official Languages committee  So, we need government support. It's not a university that will cater to elites and cost students $35,000 a year.

Official Languages committee  All universities hold fundraising campaigns.

Official Languages committee  You're absolutely right. I would add that there's often a requirement for equivalent funding from the government, which amounts to 50%. I totally agree. In fact, it's one of the projects on the table in connection with the former fundraising campaign. We've even received offers f

Official Languages committee  Yes, there are some. In some cases, the federal government has created institutions outright, notably the Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities in Moncton. I'm also thinking of the Monfort Hospital. I no longer remember all of the details, but I do remember tha

Official Languages committee  I must say that I am not an expert on all of the federal programs that exist to support economic development or infrastructure projects. You know, you have everything to hand here at the government, such as competent people in all of those fields of activity. Based on my experie

Official Languages committee  The federal government could fund a lot of things. The francophone hub is one projet and already partners have come forward. We also plan to create a Franco-Ontarian university network with affiliated universities that already exist. The Université de l'Ontario français is in cl